| coolyork | 04 Aug 2015 6:59 p.m. PST |
Would like to do 15mm Iran-Iraq 1980's Wargame . Any suggestion on Vehicles/figs I could use for both sides . Also other then one Osprey book on it, Im having a bit of a problem figureing out the correct tanks etc.. to look for for both sides . Any clues out there / Thanks Mark |
| vtsaogames | 04 Aug 2015 7:43 p.m. PST |
I suspect most Iranian armor was leftovers from the Shah's army, which was US gear. That's what their air force was. All such gear had to be cannibalized for spare parts because we wouldn't sell them any. I think they had to buy ammo on the black market since legit arms dealers where selling to Saddam. I suppose they made their own small arms ammo. Anyone make teenage boys in headbands to clear minefields? |
| panzerCDR | 04 Aug 2015 7:44 p.m. PST |
Anthony COrdesman wrote a lenghty book on the war, The Lessons of Modern War Volume II The Iran-Iraq War. You can get a pdf of the chapter on the land portion at:
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It gives a pretty good description of who had what and roughly when. It does not get too far down into the TO&E weeds. |
| Rich Bliss | 04 Aug 2015 8:37 p.m. PST |
A friend and I did it in 20mm using a mixture of '70s Americans and Afghanis for the Iranians. |
| hocklermp5 | 04 Aug 2015 9:07 p.m. PST |
Iran had Brit "Chieftain" tanks and used German G-3 rifles. |
dragon6  | 04 Aug 2015 9:11 p.m. PST |
And later Chinese T-59 tanks and AKs |
| Weasel | 04 Aug 2015 9:17 p.m. PST |
Given the wide-spread use of chemical weapons, you'll want troops in gas masks, which can be hard to find. |
| JasonAfrika | 04 Aug 2015 11:35 p.m. PST |
I've been gaming it for 20 years using Micro Armor…1 model equals 1 Battalion. 1"=1km. Very interesting period. Cordesman's book is a must. Where else do you get to use Brown and Tan Camo F-14s as Air Superiority Fighters and mini-AWACS platforms? Great variety of weapons, particularly on the Iraqi side: Brazilian, Chinese, North Korean, Soviet, French stuff. |
| Mako11 | 05 Aug 2015 1:51 a.m. PST |
Micro armor is probably the way forward for this, though I can see why you'd want to do some in 15mm as well. |
| Super Mosca | 05 Aug 2015 1:53 a.m. PST |
Though the book covers a large span of time, 'Iran at War' has an excellent section about the Iran-Iraq war. link -Kosta |
| RobH | 05 Aug 2015 3:46 a.m. PST |
Take a look over on the Guild forum. A few of the guys there do the Iran Iraq war in 20mm. |
| benito | 05 Aug 2015 4:21 a.m. PST |
Think US for the Iranian and WARPAC for the Iraqis. I ran some games with "Cold War Commander" link . The included army lists are very detailed for this conflict. Kind regards, Benoit |
| Qurchi Bashi | 05 Aug 2015 6:27 a.m. PST |
GHQ has a pretty good army lists on their website. Designed for their micro-armour rules, but with plenty of information for any scale except maybe skirmish.
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I did this war in 6mm scale with Fistfull of Tows. |
| Mako11 | 05 Aug 2015 2:12 p.m. PST |
Don't miss the air war, and/or the war on the tankers. Lots of great air battles and skirmishes to keep you busy for decades, I suspect, if you choose to do some of them. For that, I'd go with either 1/300th, or 1/600th scale minis, and probably AirWar C21 rules. Of course, Clash of Sabres is excellent too, if you want smaller, more detailed aerial engagements. |
| wisercj | 23 Aug 2015 3:38 p.m. PST |
There are quite a few options out there for 15mm.
Battlefront's Fate of a Nation Egyptians and some Israeli vehicles.
Command Decision (available from Old Glory 25s) has some modern options. Peter Pig AK-47 line (available from Brookhurst hobbies) is good option for irregular infantry.
Finally QRF (Quick Reaction Force), see TSS (Total System Scenic) website, also has a good selection of modern equipment. Good luck |
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